however if the black box is not found today those efforts will of course continue tomorrow china's foreign ministry has strongly condemned a decision by the united states to lift restrictions on its relationship with taipei this is off to taiwan's foreign minister praised the move saying relations with washington have been elevated to a global partnership china of course considers taiwan to be part of its territory and a ministry spokesman said beijing will resolutely fight back any attempts to sabotage its interests well from katrina you are in beijing. they go to sleep very angry at this move beijing's foreign ministry spokesperson has said time and time again that taiwan is a red line issue and in terms of this particular move they've said that this violates the u.s. china joint communique which was signed in $7879.00 that is 1979 where the u.s. promised to relinquish any formal ties with taiwan so china's foreign ministry has said that it will not hesitate to hit back although we have seen this concrete language i mean this strong language in this these very strong threats we are yet to see a c

china's foreign ministry has strongly condemned the decision by the u.s. to lift restrictions on its relationship with taipei after taiwan's foreign minister praised the move saying relations with washington have been elevated to a global partnership china considers taiwan to be part of its territory a ministry spokesman said beijing will resolutely fight back any attempts to sabotage its interests treaty you joins us now from beijing so how much is the fact that there is a transition in the white house going on and weighing in on beijing's response to this. i think it's very much weighing and invading this response they seem to has responded in a very calculated way so obviously very angry at this move beijing's foreign ministry spokesperson has said time and time again that taiwan is a red line issue and in terms of this particular move they've said that this violates the u.s. china joint communique which was signed in 7879 that is 1979 where the u.s. promised to relinquish any formal ties with taiwan and so china's foreign ministry has said that it will

china's foreign ministry has strongly condemned the decision by the u.s. to lift restrictions on its relationship with taipei that's all to taiwan's foreign minister praised the move saying relations with washington have been elevated to a global partnership china considers taiwan to be its own territory catrina you is following developments from beijing. they got busy very angry at this move beijing's foreign ministry spokesperson has said time and time again that taiwan is a red line issue and in terms of this particular move they've said that this violates the u.s. china joint communique which was signed in $7879.00 that is 1979 where the u.s. promised to relinquish any formal ties with taiwan so china's foreign ministry has said that it will not hesitate to hit back although we have seen this concrete language i mean this strong language in this these very strong threats we are yet to see a concrete response as to what steps beijing might take in response to this and this does raise the question as to whether they are taking this move from the trumpet m

we runs foreign ministry followed that seem to mint in this video tweeted puling trumps foreign policy diplomatic vandalism and tweeting the world knows that only the us can fix itself in practice not just words . israel however has hope for an iran remains in america's crossness i look forward to working with you to further strengthen the u.s. israel alliance to continue expanding peace between israel and we are broke and to confront common challenges chief among the threat posed by iraq was. common to harris's indian ancestry was celebrated by prime minister new ranger modi who did and historic occasion carries his maternal grandmother comes from this village near the southern indian city of chennai yeah very happy we have of it he put out. paris made history as the 1st person in south asian to seemed to become us vice president and any color that delayed we are very happy right now being squeeze us hope that we can also achieve what everyone even being a woman she's a role model for the villagers and girls here. inside america they were koontz for unity outside there was hope of uni

china's foreign ministry has strongly condemned the decision by the united states to lift restrictions on its relationship with taipei this is after taiwan's foreign minister praised the move saying relations with washington have been elevated to a global partnership china of course considers taiwan to be part of its sovereign territory and a ministry spokesman said beijing will resolutely fight back any attempts to sabotage its interests catrina you in beijing what is a global partnership sounds very business like. well it certainly seems to be more of a formal relationship and beijing is very angry about this china's foreign ministry spokesperson. gave a briefing to the press today on monday condemning like pompei was remarks saying that the one china principle was the foundation of the u.s. china relationship and that this move by lates 3 joint communique signed between the u.s. and china namely one that was signed at the end of 1978 the beginning of 1979 in which the u.s. promised to end all formal relations with taiwan now of course beijing considers taiwan a rogue state and says

. >>> so the chinese foreign ministry recently called trump administration officials, quote, anti-china politicians who had undermined the relationship between the u.s. and china. so how will president biden's asia policy differ from his predecessor's? with me now in hong kong is cnn correspondent will ripley. hi, will. you look dapper. lovely to see you. i suppose china flying war planes near taiwan, is this obviously muscle flexing going on? >> reporter: it is a new year but same old business in the south china sea, china continuing to assert what it views as its rightful position in this region as the superpower and the u.s. pushing back. the state department over the weekend saying that china by flying about a dozen war planes over the taiwan strait is, you know, doing what it has done repeatedly against taiwan, military, diplomatic and economic bullying and the state department says it needs to stop. that is a similar hard-line position to the stance taken by the trump administration. however, in other areas like climate change, like trade,

the chinese foreign ministry are sanctioning some form 28 ministers in all. the former senior adviser steve bannon. they and their family members will not be allowed to enter hong kong, mainland china or macau according to the foreign ministry. in fact, one wrote on twitter that he was proud to have prompted beijing's wrath and it was a great way to celebrate and inauguration day. we know president biden's new administration is expected to remain tough on china but recommit to international cooperation —— cooperation after the divisive america first approach. we heard from china through a foreign ministry spokeswoman hours before the inauguration and the message then was hopeful, beijing stating that they would like president biden to look at china rationally and object of leak to repair what they called serious damage and bilateral ties caused other tom presidency. i ties caused other tom presidency-— ties caused other tom presidency. ties caused other tom residen . ., presidency. i should say that investors _ presidency. i should say that investors here _ p

democracy we saw the foreign ministry spokesperson saying that the electoral system in the u.s. is archaic and outdated we saw one parliamentarian talking about u.s. democracy as limping with both legs and also all of them seem to agree that the idea that the u.s. is a beacon of democracy that that is now something that can just be completely taken off the off the table and of course this plays into in a way russian rhetoric that we've been seeing over the past few years russia always questions this idea of u.s. exceptionalism including when it comes to its democracy they've long here in moscow bristled at the idea at u.s. criticism of for example elections here in russia and also of u.s. support for. pro-democracy protests in countries around russia that russia very much sees a part of its sphere of influence so in ukraine in georgia for example in the past few years and i think going forward we're going to see russian officials talking about what happened yesterday a lot as a kind of example of u.s. failures and an example of that what about is that we often hear from russian

just over a year ago when he went to a direct bilateral negotiations with egypt without any foreign ministry official present he he met with the egyptian president and agreed that the americans would be the mediator and of course sudan is in a very weak position reserving egypt and america and therefore what prime minister did not out of malign intent but out of sheer naivety a very inexperienced young politician without any foreign policy experience he stood the precepts of ethiopian foreign policy on its head and then as a consequence of that he lost sudan's as a strategic ally he also many other blunders at that time and he made an alliance with a very travelled much stripper. system in africa not the world and the consequence of that is that tensions then began to rise in the region and as the war broke out in into groening in ethiopia just over 2 months ago then what we saw was tension rising around the region the regional state making territorial claims within an ethiopian against to grandstand and they were winning the war so they were able to but claims in many shangrila not heard an

egypt's foreign ministry says it's restoring diplomatic ties with cats are egypt along with saudi arabia bahrain and the u.a.e. ended their 3 year blockade of qatar earlier this month but ties between cairo and doha were fraught long before the blockade especially over al-jazeera which has its headquarters in qatar egypt slated the channel's coverage of the arab spring a decade ago and jailed several if its journalists well egyptian police have released others saying it's been held for 3 years without trial zimbabwe's foreign minister has died after contracting covert 19. it was the man who announced the coup that toppled late president robert mugabe in 2017. currently recording around 50 coronavirus related deaths per day at least 3 people have died and a large explosion in madrid caused by a gas leak the blast the story in several floors of a residence in the district emergency services have advised the public to avoid the . area the building is located next door to an elderly care home but no one there was hurt billionaire or chinese businessman jack ma has made his 1st public appeara

egypt's foreign ministry says it's restoring diplomatic ties with qatar to egypt along with saudi arabia bahrain and the u.a.e. ended their 3 and a half year blockade of cattle earlier this month but ties between cairo and doha were faults long before the blockade especially over al-jazeera which has its headquarters in qatar egypt slated the channel's coverage of the arab spring a decade ago and jailed several of its journalists several were released but mccord hussein has been held for 3 years without trial the french president has ruled out on official apology for colonial abuses in area emanuel mccraw and said there would be no repentance for the occupation of all geria or the 8 year civil war that voted to an end in 1962 a major report has called for a truth commission to help france confront that element of its past a car as previously gone further than any other president meeting the government had and gauged in crimes against humanity. at least 3 people have died in a large explosion in madrid caused by a gas leak the blast the stored several floors in a residence in the latina d

an update to the india china ban on one day tennis foreign ministry of foreign affairs opposed india's decision to ban $59.00 chinese apps including tick-tock chinese embassy spokesperson you wrong and urged india to correct its what they call discriminatory measures adding these moves and are in violation of w t o nondiscriminatory principles and fair competition principles of market economy severely damaged the legitimate rights and interests of chinese companies. after weeks of mostly peaceful demonstrations in new delhi india farmers angry about new agricultural laws well they're losing their patience with their own government recently thousands clashed with police demanding their government protect their livelihoods and their earnings attention in india are now being felt right here in the united states with several demonstrations in support of those farmers taking place in some major cities including new york city r.t. correspondent tony chavez has more of what was supposed to be a peaceful rally to celebrate india's republic day quickly taking a turn for the worst. chaos and tur

russia's foreign ministry accuses the us big tech of spreading fake news on social media with president putin warning that online giants are now so powerful they threaten democracy. taxis could soon be flying over the skies of moscow here as a russian tech startup tests its latest innovation correspondent took one for a spin. city traffic is no longer an issue instead of driving along congested highways this taxi should take you from 8 of b. by. the morning this is art international with me kevin i was great to have you company 1st sobering news in from britain the british become the 1st country in europe to pass 100000 deaths from covert prime minister boris johnson offered his condolences i'm sorry to have to tell you the number of deaths recorded from in the u.k. has suppost 100000. and it's hard to compute the sorrow contained in that grim statistic 100000 people is 800000 bomb is ok if we think of a family of 5 that's 5 lives to change forever millions of people have been let down by a simple lack of care in policy i mean that will not the prime minister that boasted about shaking

russia's foreign ministry accuses the us of spreading fake social media with president putin warning that. threaten democracy. in the future could be flying over the skies. as a russian textile. city traffic is no longer an issue instead of driving along congested highways this taxi. hey there good afternoon from international with me kevin 0 in 30 minutes just ahead for you. company. so britain has become the 1st country in europe to pass 100000 deaths from cove and prime minister boris johnson offered his condolences but then was tackled in parliament over his handling of a pandemic and quote very slow response i'm sorry to have to tell you the number of death recorded from couvade in the u.k. has surpassed 100000 it's hard to compute the sorrow contained in that grim statistic the u.k. is the 1st country in europe to record 100000 covert deaths we also have the deepest recession of any major economy us calls are closed and the borders are open my biggest concern is that the prime minister still hasn't learnt the lessons of last year and i fear that as a result we'll see more trage

russia's foreign ministry accuses the us and big tech of spreading fake news on social media with president putin warning that online giants are now so powerful they threaten democracy. plus taxis could soon be flying over the skies of moscow as a russian tech startup tests its latest innovation correspondent for a spin. city traffic is no longer an issue instead of driving along congested highways this taxi should take you from a to b. by. midday here so very good day for moscow this is out international with me kevin though in 30 minutes of our latest ahead for you starting with this has become the 1st country in europe to pass 100000 deaths from cove it prime minister boris johnson offered his condolences but was tackled in parliament too over his handling of the pound they can quote very slow response i'm sorry to have to tell you the number of deaths recorded from in the u.k. has suppost 100000. and it's hard to compute the sorrow contained in that grim statistic the u.k. is the 1st country in europe to record a $100000.00 covert deaths we also have the deepest recession of any major e

russia's foreign ministry accuses the us government and the big tech of spreading fake news on social media with president putin warning that all the wind giants are now 3rd powerful they threaten democracy. and taxis could soon be taking to the skies over moscow as a russian startup tests its latest innovation of high spondon took one for a. city traffic is no longer an issue instead of driving along congested highways this taxi should take you from a to b. by if you're. very welcome you're watching r t international with minichiello and. now 2 of spain's most populous regions have halted their covert vaccination campaigns over and e.u. wide shut supply shortfall madrid and catalonia have used up almost all available supply and sounds local officials believe brussels is partly to blame. we must stand up to brussels and demand more doses we need more vaccines and more tests and everything the destruction this task will prolong the fight against the virus madrid council have administered almost all available doses and all remaining supplies are needed to provide 2nd doses to people who

russia's foreign ministry accuses the u.s. government and big tank of spreading fake news on social media that president putin warning that online giants are now so powerful they threaten democracy. and taxis could soon be taking to the skies over moscow as a russian startup tests its latest innovation correspondent took one per cent. city traffic is no longer an issue instead of driving along congested highways this taxi should take you from a to beat by a are. you watching art international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned 4 pm welcome to the program. the british prime minister has expressed his grief and remorse over the country's cope with death toll just soared beyond 100000 at the highest figure in europe as the opposition demands answers over fatal missteps and the slow response of the pen demick. i'm sorry to have to tell you the number of death recorded from couvade in the u.k. has surpassed 100000 it's hard to compute the sorrow contained in that grim statistic the u.k. is the 1st co

in the headlines this thursday morning russia's foreign ministry accuses the u.s. and big tech of spreading fake news on social media with president putin warning that online giants and i was so powerful they threaten democracy. a sign of the country's decline french lawmakers and doctors wringing their hands at their failure to develop an effective covert vaccine. and swords to tell you the number of deaths recorded from in the u.k. is supposed 100000. grieving u.k. families to mount a public inquiry into government failings that have made britain the 1st european country to register more than 100000 deaths from the pandemic. not. just in my mouth. most of these lives could have been saved. taxis could soon be flying over the skies of moscow is a russian tech startup tests its latest innovation correspondent to the. city traffic is no longer an issue instead of driving along congested highways this taxi should lift you up and take you from a to b. by. good morning from moscow it's no no one here now this is our to international with me kevin 0 in 30 minutes of our

plus russia's foreign ministry accuses the u.s. government and big attack of spreading fake news on social media with president putin warning that online giants are now so powerful they threaten democracy. and taxis could soon be taking to the skies over moscow as a russian startup to test its latest innovation our correspondent took one 1st spent in. city traffic is no longer an issue instead of driving along congested highways this taxi should take you from a to b. by a. good evening and welcome to the program this is art international coming to you straight from the russian capital bring you your live news update the british prime minister is facing renewed scrutiny over his handling of the pandemic after the country passed a tragic milestone 100000 related deaths for us johnson has admitted to government missteps but so far resisted calls for a public inquiry. there to be no doubt it has been no doubt that either the government takes full responsibility for all the actions i have taken we've taken during this pandemic to fight

a siege fortress in a beijing news conference china's foreign ministry spokeswoman spoke candidly of the challenging last 4 years i was early a china sanctions 28 former trump officials including former secretary of state mike pompei or 3 was. i think the new administration should serve the wishes of the people if you china in a rational and objective light and vote for china on the basis of mutual respect equality and mutual benefit was runs foreign ministry followed the same time and in this video tweeted cooling trumps foreign policy diplomatic vandalism and tweeting the world knows that only the us can fix itself in practice not just words . israel however whose hope for an iran remains in america's crossness i look forward to working with you to further strengthen the us as reliance to continue expanding peace between israel and we are broke and to confront common challenges chief among the threat posed by iran. in cuba citizens reflected on the obama era hoping biden would follow the policies of the past president trump recently returned cuba to a list of state sponsors of terr

other stories russia's foreign ministry says the us a big tech of spreading fake news on social media with president putin warning that online giants are no so powerful they threaten democracy. and what's this world taxis could soon be flying over the skies of moscow as the russian tech startup tests its latest innovation a correspondent one for a spin. city traffic is no longer an issue instead of driving along congested highways this taxi should lift you up and take you from a to b. by a year. by the river good morning from moscow this is arts international with me kevin 0 in 30 minutes of our latest ahead for you 1st britain this becoming the 1st country in europe to pass a 100 deaths now from cove it promised to boris johnson offered his condolences. i'm sorry to have to tell you the number of death recorded from couvade in the u.k. has surpassed 100000. and it's hard to compute the sorrow contained in that grim statistic 100000 people is 800000 families ok if we think of a family of 5 that's 5 lives that changed forever millions of people and been let down by a simple lack of car

what has the foreign ministry been saying then in russia. andrew hi well 1st of all let's look at the background almost 2 months ago when washington said that they were getting out that they were no longer part of the open skies treaty because of how russia wasn't playing by the rules of it that's what washington was saying by the way russia called these accusations nonces moscow the government in russia had several options the least likely one the least likely response was just to ignore washington's exit altogether the 2nd option was to try and come up with some sort of proposals try to rescue the deal maybe negotiate a new one maybe renegotiate some of the terms and finally the last one was to say good bye to the deal just like washington did the russian diplomats are saying that initially they went for the 2nd option they came out with proposals they tried to get some feedback from washington but didn't receive anything in response and this was then apparently as we're hearing from the russian foreign ministry this was when moscow decide

plus russia's foreign ministry accuses the us government and big tack of spreading fake news on social media as president putin warning that online giants are now so powerful they threaten democracy. and taxis could soon be taking to the skies over must count as a russian startup to test its latest innovation our correspondent one for a spent. city traffic is no longer an issue instead of driving along congested highways this taxi should take you a the beat by a year. you're watching are to international coming to you live from the russian capital this and every hour welcome to the program. the british prime minister has been grilled in parliament over his handling of the penned after u.k. passed a tragic milestone 100000 covert related deaths forced johnson admitted to government missteps as the opposition slammed his slow response to the pandemic. no doubt it has been no doubt that either the government take food responsibility for all the actions i have taken we've taken during this pandemic to fight this disease the u.k. is the 1st country in europe to record 100000. we also have t

iranian government confirms this week it has started increasing its enrichment of uranium its foreign ministry said the steps are fully reversible if other signatories comply with the deal however that appears increasingly unlikely ever since donald trump quit the agreement in 2018 with washington slapping another round of sanctions on iran's steel industry only today here's the russian foreign ministry's take on the situation. the renewal of rainman richmond by iran is a departure from the join comprehensive plan of action but these deadly asians are caused by the united states actions iran should be ready to act accordingly once the u.s. abandons its efforts to undermine the nuclear deal the nuclear agreement that iran signed with the p 5 plus one was based upon the assumption that all sides would respect the deal now what happened was that under obama the united states never fully implemented the deal whereas the iranians did but then under trumped the us ripped the deal apart after the americans exited the deal and the europeans obediently abided by trump's demands the iranians have contin

plus russia's foreign ministry accuses the u.s. and big attack of spreading fake news on social media with president putin warning that online giants are now so powerful they threaten democracy. and taxes could soon be flying over moscow as a russian tech startup tests its latest innovation and our correspondent takes on the 1st tent. city traffic is no longer an issue instead of driving along congested highways this taxi should take you from a to b. by a. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. britain's become the 1st country in europe to pass 100000 deaths from coated prime minister boris johnson offered his condolences but was tackled in parliament over his handling of the append and quote very slow response. i'm sorry to have to tell you the number of deaths recorded from cupid in the u.k. has surpassed 100000. and it's hard to compute the sorrow contained in that grim statistic the u.k. is the 1st country in europe to record a $100000.00 covert deaths we als

. >> well, the chinese foreign ministry said that the u.s.not make what it says are the same mistakes as president trump. the foreign ministry said that the biden administration should learn lessons from the failure of what it called and derided as president trump's america only approach this of course comes after biden's nominee for commerce secretary had said that the biden administration would make every effort to try to protect the telecom networks from huawei, as well as zte, what the foreign ministry said was a suppression of chinese companies and after she repeated that the biden administration would take an interdepartmental approach to be much more aggressive on china. so chinese state media had picked up on how the biden administration is going to have a multilateral strategy, a secretary of state and to the blinken confirmed overnight had made some of his first calls to traditional u.s. allies, japan and south korea, and the global times argued that the chinese have just as much as what jen psaki, the white house spokesperson said

china's foreign ministries strongly condemned the decision by the u.s. to lift restrictions on its relationship with taipei that's after taiwan's foreign minister praised the move saying relations with washington have now been elevated to a court global partnership china considers i want to be part of its sovereign territory katrina year is following developments from beijing. china's foreign ministry spokesperson. gave a briefing to the press today on monday condemning like pompei was remarks saying that the one china principle was the foundation of the u.s. china relationship and that this move by lates 3 joint communique signed between the u.s. and china namely one that was signed at the end of 1978 the beginning of 1979 in which the u.s. promised to end all formal relations with taiwan now of course beijing considers taiwan a rogue state and says reunification with the main one is inevitable but at the same time apart from using very strong language making some threats more full stop short of making any concrete statements as to what they will do it d

plus russia's foreign ministry accuses the us government and big tech of spreading fake news on social media the president put a new warning about online giants are now so powerful they threaten to mark the sea . and taxis could soon be taking to the skies over moscow as a russian startup testes latest innovation our correspondent on 1st. city traffic is no longer an issue instead of driving along congested highways this taxi should take you from a to b. by a. very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. the british prime minister has been grilled in parliament over his handling of the penn demick after the u.k. passed the tragic milestone of 100000 code related deaths boris johnson admitted to government missteps as the opposition slammed his slow response to the pen demick. there to be no doubt that has been no doubt that either the government takes full responsibility for all the actions are you've taken we've taken during this pandemic to fight this disease the u.k. is the 1st country in europe to record a 100000 covert

condemned the but they said we are following the domestic developments with concern as is the foreign ministry that took place after the us presidential elections and the demonstrators attempt to raid the congress building today so i think a lot of people around the world recognize this as a kind of historic event even if it might be symbolic it looks like of the protesters didn't get away with disrupting so much today nancy pelosi speaker of the house said that the vote will continue this soon as they feel that the congress the secure which security official said that it has been secured so it looks like it's going on looks like the protest was largely symbolic but like i said people from around the world from norway iceland scotland spain all condemned what they saw today as an anti-democratic act going to thank you for that i mean in a safe and also innes poll in washington thank you for your reporting throughout extraordinary. night friend history appears to have they made a note the thank you both for that more coverage of this throughout the night we have a special edition of the day wit

the foreign ministry spokesperson also offered a veiled threat saying unilateral sanctions are likelyboomerang if hurled against another but will inevitably come back to harm one's self. the united states still has about $360 billion worth of chinese goods under tariff. and as a candidate, president joe biden went from china not being a threat to it's a weak country that's not a competitor to he wants to take time to rally the allies to take on china. now, his cabinet a little more firm on the threat that china poses. >> we need to take on china's abusive, unfair and illegal practices. china's undercutting american companies by dumping products, erecting trade barriers and giving illegal subsidies to corporations. it's been stealing intellectual property. >> reporter: experts believe the chinese communist party will test this administration on trade, obtaining technology and its influence around the globe. that may already be happening with china now sanctioning 28 members of the trump administration including outgoing secretary of state mike pompeo. now senator tom cotton says the sa

the foreign ministry says it will no longer recognise the british national overseas passport as a travel document can we expect some retaliatory measures against the u.k. . yes you're right so far beijing has announced that they will stub recognizing the yellow passport starting from today so there's this to fast a skin care. and so from today the hong kong and other beijing authority will no longer allow any home residents to leave the border with passports are though they are still allowed to do so with their own hong kong travel documents so many see this as a political and diplomatic chance sure to retell the aid of britain's offer to hong kong residents but there are so room as on the hour that many politicians and now they're now suggesting that beijing all parties to vote or come to work the civil rights of residents who take that offer expression maybe to cancel their electoral rice too are banned from voting or run in office or even their right up to a more extreme extent so many here that this will only be the 1st hour for beijing to rid of bush to push back the case of power a

to the way that i think say nobody is being treated for example sit today gave lover off the foreign ministry here in russia said that the western reactions that we've been seeing from politicians are just their way of distracting from what he says is the deterioration of liberal values in their countries now what role emily in conclusion can mr ball play now. well people were kind of asking you know why did he come back to russia at all if he was in danger of 1st of all being arrested because the prison service had already put him on a wanted list even before he came back to russia and also if as he says the kremlin could have been behind his poisoning that's what now finally has been insisting so why put yourself in that danger well not only says that he never planned to leave russia at all he always planned to come back in fact he only ended up in germany because he was poisoned and was in a coma when he was brought there that's what he's been saying he's been saying he's not afraid and it's very clear that he sort of sees his role here and that he perhaps is afraid of becoming irrelevant

>> we're hearing from the south korean foreign ministry they've been told by the iranian authoritieshat the sailors are safe. we understand the iranian ambassador to south korea was summoned this monday afternoon saying the sailors are safe but that it's a simple technical issue. so the iranians are sticking to their story that the reason that they had to detain this particular tanker was because it was being an environmental polluter and certainly this is what the south korean ambassador to tehran was told by authorities as well. again, saying the sailors were safe. we know there were 20 sailors on board. five of them of korean nationality. certainly analysts would point you to the fact that there are frozen funds, an estimated $7 billion of frozen funds, iranian assets in south korean banks at this point. so certainly that would raise a question mark as to whether or not this detention was more than environmental but was, in fact, political. we understand from the dm shipping, the owner of this particular ship, that they lost contact as soon as the ship was detained. they say those

just over a year ago when he went for direct, by lateral negotiations with egypt, without any foreign ministryfficial present. he met with the jitchings president and agreed that the americans would be -- and sudan is in a weak position, between egypt and america and what the prime minister did, not after malintent but in sheer nigh activety, he stood the preseptember of ethiopian foreign policy on its head and as a consequence of that he lost sudan has a strategic ally. he also made other blunders at the time and made an alliance with the most repressive person in africa, if not the world and the consequence of that is that tensions then began to rise in the region and as the war broke out in tigre in ethiopia just over two months ago then we saw tension rising around the region and the regional state making territorial claims won -- within ethiopia against tigre state and they were winning that war so they were able to do that. no sudanese claims to -- this is something that i completely knew but also then, the amahara regional state wanted to say, ok, this is our territory too and it's a ve

now china's foreign ministry is accusing the trump administration officials of the trouble ministration of undermining relations between the 2 sides and says it welcomes a chance for repair ties under by. about what. the 2 sides should show courage and wisdom we need to heed and listen to each other with respect this is the joint responsibility of our 2 countries and also the aspiration of the international community we believe the better angels in china's u.s. relations will surely defeat the evil forces yes under president trump relations between the united states and china soured over trade in human rights and that's ensure that china will be a priority for the incoming biden ministration but with a new president promising to make human rights a core of his foreign policy that friction seems set to continue brown reports now from hong kong. china has changed profoundly in the past 4 years under its leader xi jinping the country took a hard or thorough tarion turn presidential term limits were abolished control tightened it in being as we all know is going to stay in power beyond 2023

behind the sudden plunge of the plane into the java sea only minutes after takeoff china's foreign ministry's strongly condemned the decision by the united states to lift restrictions on its relationship with taipei taiwan foreign minister praised the move saying relations with washington have been elevated to a global partnership china of course considers taiwan to be part of its sovereign territory and chief medical offices issued a diet warning about the capacity of hospitals to treat the rising number of seriously ill coded 900 patients chris witty says the u.k.'s national health service is facing its most dangerous situation yet. up to date with the headlines on al jazeera radicalized youth daughters. is next. from the worst economic. kind of recovery can we expect without the world's poorest and sets the stage for economic. that was. 6 that. was that. was. good enough until they'd all be as you call it tough pitch of the morning but. find that when you. stop us straight but it's true it's like i talk about you know jump on an adult. street trade your boots you just did many. issues and

a senior russian foreign ministry spokeswoman claiming the u.s. does not meet democratic standards.kesman for china's foreign ministry claiming this week's events in washington justifies beijing's suppression of free speech in hong kong, where pro-democracy demonstrators have clashed with police. america, the chinese official said, condemns extremists in washington but what words did they use to describe the violent protests i hong kong? they said it was a beautiful sight. while brazil's president, a close ally of president trump, leveraging trump's unproven claims of election fraud. to warn the same could happen to his next election. saying "we're not going to allow that." but many of president trump's global friends now openly criticizing him. >> insofar as he encouraged people to storm the capitol and insofar as the president consistently has cast doubt on the outcome of a free and fair election, i believe that that was completely wrong. >> reporter: the british ambassador to washington speaking exclusively to nbc news. >> headlines around the world are questioning american democ